[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

That’s kinda like Reno Nevada is further west than Los Angeles.

[rikkir]

Absolutely true.

Also people who have never been there don’t realize how big LA metro is.

Impose a layout of LA from Riverside to the base of Grapevine on the map of you favorite state, and be amazed.

[Alberta's Child]

If you fly directly south from the center of Detroit, you will enter Canada before you reach any U.S. state. The third U.S. state you will reach is Virginia.

It's interesting how long some of those eastern states are in an east-west direction, and how far west the U.S. coastline runs as you go from New England through the Midatlantic states. Delaware and Maryland are the only states south of New Jersey that have any land mass further east than the city of Philadelphia.

[Cuttnhorse]

And Santiago, Chile is further east than New York City.